Forthcoming Activities - Fondazione Giorgio Cini

anton maria Zanetti, Caricature of Nicola
Grimaldi called Niccolino and Francesca Guzzoni,
c. 1730 Venice, fondazione Giorgio cini
Luigi cella, Eleonora Duse and her daughter
Enrichetta, c. 1887, Venice, fondazione Giorgio cini
conferences, courses and exhibitions
29 march 2012 - 1 april 2012
International conference
Fashioning Opera and Musical Theatre: Stage Costumes in
Europe from the Late Renaissance to 1900
Venice, island of San Giorgio maggiore
in collaboration with the University of Southampton and the Historical archives of
the Rubelli Textile collection, the Giorgio cini foundation Study centre for Documentary
Research into European Theatre and Opera has promoted an international
conference on the history and role of costumes in musical theatre: Fashioning Opera
and Musical Theatre: Stage Costumes in Europe from the Late Renaissance to 1900.
Stage costumes play a key role in the way we experience musical theatre. They define
the character and action, enhance the sound dimension and blur the boundaries between
fact and fiction, past and present, and the human and the fantastic. from courtly theatre
to popular entertainment, costumes, textiles and accessories are evidence of the material
culture of their social milieus and the challenges that artists, craftsmen and designers
faced in creating them. This conference brings together experts from various fields to
discuss historical, economic and aesthetic issues related to the use and function of stage
costumes in opera and musical entertainment in Europe from the late Renaissance to
the early 20th century.
The official conference languages are English and italian. The conference programme
was drafted by a committee made up of the following experts: maria ida Biggi, isabella
campagnol, Doretta Davanzo Poli, Valeria De Lucca and Helen Greenwald.
5 april 2012
Recital written and performed by Maria Pia Colonnello
Intrecci e analogie tra vita e teatro d’arte
Venice, island of San Giorgio maggiore
as part of the events dedicated to the Stanza Duse, and in collaboration with the club
UnEScO, at 5.00 pm on 5 april, the actress maria Pia colonello will pay homage to
the art of Eleonora Duse in a recital, written and performed by herself, entitled Intrecci e
analogie tra vita e teatro d’arte (“crossovers and analogies between life and drama”).
The recital is based on Duse’s letters to her daughter Enrichetta and her correspondence
with Luigi Pirandello. in 1916 the great italian playwright had written the play La vita
che ti diedi (“The Life i Gave You”) in the hope that Duse would take the lead part;
the play was only staged for the first time in 1923 and Duse never performed in it.
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